After seeing the Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? video I watched the first two seasons of The Guild. I was very disappointed in the show. The implication seems to be that if you play an MMO you are a damaged individual.
I really don’t like that implication. It takes the worst socialized, most obsessed players and presents them as the norm. I realize that in a show with 5 minute episodes you can’t present in-depth studies of each character, but would it hurt to have one be a fairly normal person rather than people who are one phone call away from a mental hospital? The person that comes the closest being normal is Bladezz and he’s just normal teenage boy stupid, not broken.
I had hoped for a more balanced picture of gamers, especially given that Felicia Day plays World of Warcraft. Instead this plays to the worst stereotypes of gamers and goes for cheap laughs at how socially inept some gamers are. Ah well, D&D players have been waiting twice as long for a positive portrayal of their hobby.










